Constable Andrew Wilson, the policeman charged with murder in the May 17 shooting death of 45-year-old Latoya ‘Buju’ Bulgin in Granville, St James, was yesterday denied bail during his first appearance in the St James Parish Court.

In making the decision, presiding parish judge Natiesha Fairclough-Hylton pointed to concerns which were raised by the prosecution that Wilson might interfere with civilian witnesses in the matter and that he might abscond if granted bail. The prosecution also argued that, based on their information, Wilson’s reported actions were not a case of self-defence. Fairclough-Hylton said she was denying bail in the interest of maintaining public order, due to Wilson’s status as a police officer, and reports that Bulgin’s death occurred during a peaceful protest regarding an earlier alleged police shooting of another Granville resident.

Following a probe by the Independent Commission of Investigations